Reviews for Wooden Ship: The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding - Peter H. Spectre - Hardc...

The average rating for Wooden Ship: The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding - Peter H. Spectre - Hardc... based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-29 00:00:00 Praveer Mishra Except for the first few and last few pages, the water-going vessels depicted and analyzed in this fascinating book aren’t “boats” -- they’re definitely ships. Ships made of wood, developed by tradition and experiment, hand-shaped, pegged together, and amazingly seaworthy. Moreover, what you see here is not merely technical drawings or models -- though those are lovely -- but recreations and reconstructions of the real thing, from a Viking longship and the Susan Constant (which made the 1607 voyage to Jamestown) to the Batavia and the Amsterdam, both Dutch East Indiamen. Also included in the analysis are several musuem ships, like the Charles W. Morgan, and purpose-built modern wooden vessels, like the Pride of Baltimore. This is a book all those intrigued by the history of sail power will want to own.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-15 00:00:00 James Revello While many have found fault with his historical method, and others have critiqued his idiosyncrasies, Time itself will — I believe — prove the truth in the spirit of Winston's writing if not in the letter. For all his faults, I love him! Although his bust no longer adorns the Oval Office, my four volume set of Winnie's History of the English Speaking Peoples shall continue to adorn my bookshelves and be referred to whenever the subject of British history comes up. Sadly, I have never read them cover-to-cover, but I have enjoyed large sections from each of the volumes. Churchill is witty, wise and incisive with a love for the English speaking peoples, on both sides of the Atlantic(!), borne of his Anglo-American parentage. If you don't read any other history of Great Britain, read this one.